Orga­nized by the IG’s Student and Early Career Schol­ars Repre­sen­ta­tive, this event series creates a support­ive and inclu­sive space for mentor­ing, network­ing, and mean­ing­ful exchange between early-career and senior schol­ars with­in the Human-Machine Commu­ni­ca­tion commu­ni­ty. It is designed to foster connec­tion, encour­age dialogue across career stages, and strength­en our shared schol­ar­ly network.

Upcoming Events

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Past Events

Mentoring on Collaborative Research (November 13, 2025)

This HMC Mentor­ing Event invit­ed schol­ars to share their expe­ri­ences with collab­o­ra­tive research, provide tips and tricks for form­ing and main­tain­ing research collab­o­ra­tions, and to offer network­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties with the glob­al HMC commu­ni­ty to get start­ed with collab­o­ra­tive research projects.

Speak­ers:

  • Dr. Cameron Pier­cy: Asso­ciate Profes­sor at the Univer­si­ty of Kansas (USA) and Direc­tor of the Human-Machine Commu­ni­ca­tion lab
  • Dr. Esther Greuss­ing: Research Asso­ciate at the Tech­ni­cal Univer­si­ty Braun­schweig (Germany)
  • Dr. Jindong Leo-Liu: Assis­tant Profes­sor in New Media and Social Media at The Educa­tion Univer­si­ty of Hong Kong
  • Dr. Andreas Hepp: Profes­sor of Media and Commu­ni­ca­tions, Head of ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Commu­ni­ca­tion and Infor­ma­tion Research, Univer­si­ty of Bremen (Germany), and spokesper­son of the Research Unit 5656 “Commu­nica­tive AI: The automa­tion of Soci­etal Communication”

Conference Presentation Tips (April 2nd, 2025)

In prepa­ra­tion of ICA 2025, this one-hour inter­ac­tive webi­nar offered prac­ti­cal insights from expe­ri­enced schol­ars on how to deliv­er engag­ing, impact­ful, and well-struc­tured presen­ta­tions, followed by a Q&A.

Speak­ers: 

  • Jesse Fox (The Ohio State Univer­si­ty, USA)
  • Ernesto de León (Univer­si­ty of Amster­dam, Netherlands)
  • Chris­t­ian Pent­zold (Univer­si­ty of Leipzig, Germany)

Orga­nized by the Student and Early Career Repre­sen­ta­tives of four ICA divisions:

  • Chil­dren, Adoles­cents, and Media (Amber van der Wal) 
  • Human-Machine Commu­ni­ca­tion (Marco Dehn­ert)
  • Inter­per­son­al Commu­ni­ca­tion (Jean­nine Teichert)
  • Mobile Commu­ni­ca­tion (Morgan Quinn Ross)